About a transgender friend.

I (man, 20 years old) have a friend, a trans man, who I consider very highly and we are very close.

Lately I’ve been getting closer to Orthodox Judaism (I’m Jew). I wanted to ask other Orthodox people, could I have physical touch with this friend, like with any other man? I’m afraid this will be considered a transgression. But I’m even more afraid of offending my friend and irritating our academic community by refusing to touch him. I don’t want to talk about it with my rabbi either. I can only say that he has looked and behaved 100% like a man since I met him. He’s more masculine than me, lol

I don’t want to sound offensive to anyone. You can delete this post if it seems inappropriate. I’m new here